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Re: [GLOBAL-V6] Re: [narten@us.ibm.com: PI addressing in IPv6 advances in ARIN]



> a question could be what is different between a telephone number and IP number?

Portability. You can reassign the same phone number indefinitely while IP address
sticks to the interface for the address's entire life time.

Peter

--- "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@jefsey.com> wrote:

> At 22:20 17/04/2006, Peter Sherbin wrote:
> > > Never assume that political bodies will fund anything in a "neutral" way
> > > without asking for influence in return.
> 
> Dear Peter,
> the UN WSIS said the USA governed the Internet.
> 
> >Precisely. That is why I mentioned UN, which is, in theory, a 
> >politically neutral
> >body working for everyone's good. Another source could be e.g. an 
> >Internet Charity
> >Fund or a Red Cross.
> >I guess the fundamental question is whether IP addresses are for 
> >sale or not. If
> >they are not, than there is a need for a "neutral" funding to 
> >preserve the network
> >neutrality. As long as IP addresses are sold deep pockets get an advantage.
> 
> a question could be what is different between a telephone number and IP number?
> 
>  > > Never assume that political bodies will fund anything in a "neutral" way
> > > without asking for influence in return.
> > >
> > > We (the "we's" that actually *run* the Internet) do NOT want that for
> > > the RIRs.
> > > Gert Doering
> > >         -- NetMaster
> 
> I was not aware that anyone ran a distributed network?
> May be the problems come from this confusion?
> jfc
> 
> 
> 


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